First of all, let’s quickly address the question of What is Colon Hydrotherapy? The practice of cleaning out the bowels is nothing new. In fact, the methodology is based in part of medical concepts that developed by the ancient Greeks on through to the 20th century. This medical understanding of the body states that not all food that’s digested is efficiently disposed off by the body. In fact, some of these foods – or rather, traces of the digested food, can remain in the body, which then can cause bacteria of other problems to form – due to it staying in the colon for an unhealthy length of time.

While the body may dispose of it at some point according to it’s auto-immune function, the use of colon hydrotherapy capitalizes on the fact that it’s healthy to remove the remaining feces, bacteria, and parasites that may be forming in the body. Through the regular use of enemes to clean the colon, colon hydrotherapy regularly rids the body of putrified feces, allowing for an overall clearer state of health.

Practitioners claim many benefits experienced through colonics and hydrotherapy. Some of these benefits include:

1. Removing Toxins from the Body.
As stated, practitioners note that toxins can reside in the colon. The use of colonic hydrotherapy removes these toxins.

2. Promotes Weight Loss.
Ridding the body of excess toxins and clearing out the bowels is believed to promote weight loss. Additionally, if there’s an excess amount of substances remaining in the colon, removing them via a colonic will result in immediate weight loss.

3. Constipation Relief.
Many people who receive colon hydrotherapy suffer from constipation issues and use colonics to improve the efficiency of their bowels.

4. Relief from Bowel Pain, Irritation, and Digestive Ailments.
Practitioners state that through the use of colon hydrotherapy, they’re able to obtain relief from a variety of digestive ailments, including general relief of pain and irritation that other procedures have been unable to relieve.

If you’re interested in learning more about these benefits, there are many clinics which offer colonic or colon hydrotherapy services who would be glad to meet with you and discuss how their services can meet your needs.

What does this mean?

The idea behind this philosophy is simple and actually, nothing new. In fact, thousands of years ago, cultured such as the Greeks and the Ancients on down to (some but not all) modern Western medical practitioners, who came to the same conclusions. Some people refer to this idea as auto-intoxication. This relates to the digestion of food leading to a build up or accumulation of putrefied fecal matter along the walls of the intestine. This build up can host bacteria, parasites, and other toxins. Naturally, having such things inside the intestines is going to manifest in the host as various unhealthy symptoms. In other words, it is not in the best interest of a person to have such nastiness hosted inside their body indefinitely.

Modern alternative medicine embraces this idea and has developed a number of colonics accessories for use in flushing out these toxins from the body. Therefore many consider the use of colon hydrotherapy as a kind of body cleanse or method of cleaning out the body, leading to an overall improvement in health and mental clarity.

As these ill found elements take host in the intestines, they can reside their for years. The effect of such toxins in the body is not without it’s critics. Some scientists claim the body is fully capable of dealing with the accumulated fecal matter and whatnot the can stay in the colon, flushing it out on its own as part of the natural immune function of the body. However, individuals using colon hydrotherapy are quick to point out their own personal experiences of improving their health through the use of colonics, and understand from a first person perspective the benefits that come with it.

The results and benefits of colon hydrotherapy are a bit different for everyone, but generally speaking, the use of colon hydrotherapy has been known to lead to a reduction in bowel related problems and symptoms, flatulence, improved digestion, improved nutritional absorbtion, and a better functioning immune system that is more effective at fighting disease and ill health.

Additionally, others note a sort of mental clarify gained after the removal of what can be many pounds of fecal matter and toxins residing in the intestines. It’s unclear as to what mechanism in the body provides for this connection or result, but it’s understood in the sense that an improved in health naturally leads to an improvement in mind and clarify of thought.

For all these reasons, colon hydrotherapy continues to remain a popular, albiet alternative, health practice with many avid proponents of its effects on good health!

The term colon hydrotherapy is synonymous with terms such as colon irrigation, colon cleansing, and colonic irrigation. Many automatically put such terms on par with an enema, yet, this one to one correlation is misleading as a proper colonic hydrotherapy cleanse is much more than simply an enema.

Let’s take a look at some broad generalizations that you could expect to find in any clinic practicing colon hydrotherapy. Specifics may differ, but these strands should remain the same no matter where the procedure is performed.

To start, the patient is going to be treated using medically approved tubes, pads, and speculums, all of which are disposable – meaning they’re used just one time and one time only with each individual patient. The water system – sometimes known as a”gravity fed water system” is set up with multiple filters to keep the water as the highest levels of purity, as you certainly would not want to introduce more toxins into the system by using impure water! The medical practitioner dispensing the colonic is able to control on the fly the temperature of the water and it’s release into the body. A very large amount of water is typically used in each session, anywhere from 25 to 50 liters. The duration of the session consists of filling and releasing the water from the body. Each time this is repeated, the digestive system is hydrated and stimulated, cleaning out the colon and improving its ability to function as part of a healthy body.

Seeking such a treatment for the first time may be a frightening task for some, as it involves such intimate parts of the body. Be aware though the the workers performing such treatments understand these concerns and work in the strictest of confidences, as professions of their occupation. There is nothing to be scared of when working with a professional clinic with a good reputation and skilled practitioners of colon hydrotherapy.

Colon hydrotherapy can help a person with:

Weight Management and Weight Loss. It’s said that the average person carries anywhere from 3 pounds up to 20 pounds (!) of waste in their intestines. The removal of this bulked up fecal matter results in immediate weight loss for the patient. In this sense, colon hydrotherapy can assist one in managing and losing weight.

Headaches & Mental Clarity. Many people report a kind of improved mental clarity that comes to them after treatments. Cleansing the bodies digestive health seems to clear the way for overall better health, leading to a better thinking brain.

Bowel Problems such as Diarrhea, Constipation, Flatulence. Of course it’s not a strange thing in and of itself to experience flatulence (passing gas), diarrhea, or constipation from time to time. However, these things should not be the normal experience of digestive health. If so, hydrotherapy in the colon can offer relief from all 3 of these conditions.

Allergies. Many people report an improvement with (a reduction in) allergic reactions after receiving a colonic.

PMS. The level of Premenstrual syndrome experienced is something that is said to go down after the intestines have been cleaned. The evidence is anecdotal, but it’s thought that this is one of the main reason colon hydrotherapy is far more popular amongst women than men is due to its use as a method of leveraging the body’s natural health to reduce the effects of PMS.

Liver Cleansing. An improvement in the function of the digestive system goes hand in hand with an improvement in function of the liver, whose job it is to clear out, in simply terms, bad things entered into the body before it is able to move into the bloodstream and through the body as a whole.

Colds and the Flu. An improve in digestive health leads to a better functioning immune system, which naturally means the body is more resistant to the common cold and various strands of the flu. Benefits such as these seem all the more pertinent at a time when new and deadly flu strands are making their way around the globe at an accelerating pace.

As you can see, the effects of colon hydrotherapy on various health and disease related ailments is wide and far reaching. This list is not conclusion and many people speak of additional health conditions that were improved by them receiving regular colonic irrigation.

Question: How much does Colon Hydrotherapy cost?
Answer: The price of colon hydrotherapy is dependant on the skill and experience of the practitioner, the location of the clinic, and the type of equipment used to perform the colonic. That being said, sessions generally run a couple hundred dollars.

Question: Will my health insurance company pay for colonic services?
Answer: Unfortunately, modern health care is reluctant to be involved in any services associated with so called alternative medicine practices. This means that patients are typically paying for these services out of their own pocket without any assistance from their health insurance companies, even if the use of colon hydrotherapy is specifically tied to a reduction in symptoms of a targeted health condition or disease of the patient.

Question: Does it hurt to receive colon hydrotherapy?
Answer: Many first timers understandable are reluctant about the physical experience of having the colon cleaned out. They imagine it as perhaps a painful experience or at best an uncomfortable one. While the experience itself is NOT painful, some may consider it uncomfortable to an extent. Note though the water temperature is controlled by the practitioner, and every measure it taken to ensure the comfort of the patient.

Question: Can colon hydrotherapy help me with my (medical condition/problem)?
Answer: It’s best to consult with a clinic in a one to one setting to discuss the specifics of your health and what the services of colon hydrotherapy can offer for your health. For a broad answer to this question, take a look at our article discussing the benefits of colon hydrotherapy.

Question: How long have people been using colonics as a health remedy?
Answer: Evidence points back to the use of colon cleansing as a health measure for thousands of years. The ancient Greeks and Egyptians were some of the first cultures to uncover these benefits through the use of cleaning out the colon. Now people all over the world benefit from this knowledge.

Question: Can this really help me lose weight?
Answer: Because up to 20 pounds of fecal matter can reside in the digestive system, the use of colonics to remove this waste results an immediate loss of weight equal to the weight of what was removed from the body. In this sense, colon hydrotherapy naturally results in weight loss. Additionally, by improving the function of the digestive system, the body is able to function at an optimum level of health in a broader sense. This supports the ability for the body to shed unhealthy weight levels through exercise and proper nutrition.

If there are others questions you have on colon hydrotherapy, feel free to leave a comment with your question and we will do our best to add the Q&A to this article.